Established in 1981, New Justice Conflict Resolution Services is an organization dedicated to the constructive resolution of interpersonal and small group conflicts. The agency seeks to accomplish this mission through the design and delivery of intervention and prevention programming in four Central New York Counties- Onondaga, Oswego, Cortland and Madison.
 
Through its' alternative dispute resolution intervention services, New Justice offers mediation, arbitration, Youth Court, and process facilitation as avenues of dispute settlement. Due to its contracts with the NYS Unified Court System, New Justice is empowered to intervene in an extensive array of situations and conflicts in any of the region’s Civil, Criminal, and Family Courts. New Justice provides a state certified mediation skills training programs to its paid and volunteer staff under the auspices of the NYS Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program.
 
Through its prevention services, New Justice provides a wide range of educational and training programs for youth and adults. These programs have included character educational programs, inter-personal, and pro-social programs for students and staff of all grade level, in-school mediation training as well as school safety and comprehensive conflict resolution school programming and parenting workshops. New Justice currently provides social-emotional learning to at – risk youth through the Pupil Services Programming of the Syracuse City School District. New Justice has provided pro-social skills to at-risk youth in collaboration with the Onondaga County Probation Department for 15 years. New Justice Services works with 12 – 16 year olds who are under PINS or in PINS Diversion through Project RESPECT and with 17 – 21 year old youthful offenders who at risk of gang-like activity through Project RESTORE. The RESTORE project includes case management supports and is a pre-employment and educational opportunity readiness program based upon the Bridges out of Poverty material. In 2010, New Justice will be supervising street outreach workers who will work to create more peaceful streets through a violence prevention and interruption mediation known as Operation SNUG: “CEASEFIRE Syracuse!” New Justice will also be administering the Operation SNUG funds for the Mothers Against Gun Violence Trauma Response, the Faith Hope Community Center, and the Concerned Citizens Action Program.
 
New Justice Services has been funded by the Unified Court System of the State of New York since its inception in 1981. Since 1984 New Justice has offered skills training programs throughout Central New York to schools, government, and private citizens. Currently New Justice receives funding from the Unified Court System of the State of New York, the Fifth and Sixth Judicial Districts of the Office of Court Administration, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the Syracuse City School District, the Onondaga County Department of Social Services, and the United Way of Central New York.
 
New Justice currently has 25 employees and its operating budget for 2010 is $1,400,000.
 

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